Vending-machine.



PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. J. B. HURD.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED mun, 1904.

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PATBNTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

J. B. HURD.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1904.

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PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

J. B. HURD.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1904 PATBNTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

J. B. HURD.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYll, 1904.

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J. B. HURD. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1904.

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INVENTOR UNITED STATES JUDSON B. HURI), OF BROOKLAND, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed May 11, 1904. Serial No. 207,387.

To (1J6 'IU/Z/O'HZ/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUDsoN B. Hum), a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookland, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

One object of my invention is to provide a vend ing-machine for general store service that will enable the cashier or attendant to see the money which is paid for the goods before the goods are received by the custonier,th us saving the merchant the danger of having his goods taken by the deposit of a slug or false coin, as is often done in the use of the ordinary slotmachine.

I show in Figure 1 one of my machines sitting on a counter with a coin-chute leading.

from it to the cashiers desk, also a cord from the desk to the machine. The machine is filled with articles wrapped ready to be delivered, and a sample is shown under a glass cover on top. \Vhen the customer deposits his coin in the slot X and moves the crank, the coin shoots over to the cashiers desk, and as soon as she can glance at the coin and pull the cord the article is delivered to the customer through,

the opening 0. A large number of these machines may lead to one cashiers desk, and one person may serve forty or fifty customers within a minute. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the main body of the machine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the coin-ejecting mechanism. Fig. & is a horizontal section on line a i of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section showing means for locking the revolving case; Fig. 6, an enlarged section taken on line of the crank and through the pulley Fig. 7 is a section view on line '7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are views similar to Fig. 3, showing other positions of the pigeonholes are formed by eight upright partitions C and by cross-partitionsri. The crosspartitions are set on an incline to form the thread of a screw and are also made to extend a little farther from the center of the case than the upright partitions. Ball-bearings 0 may be used to make the case revolve more easily.

Fixed to the base A is a metallic casing D, which surrounds the whole machine, except an opening up and down the front the width of a tier of pigeonholes. This opening is covered by a leather belt F. This belt extends entirely around the machine, being supported by rollers A and A", the base and cover being cut away for the rollers and belt. The belt carries a metallic framef, which leaves an opening 0, through which an article may be taken from a pigeonhole of the case. The frame f has double flanges at the sides to engage with the edges of the casing D to hold the frame in place. It is also provided with a pin (7 at each corner, which pins extend inward to engage with the curved upper and lower partitions of the pigeonholes and prevent the frame and belt from moving up or down except as the case 13 is revolved.

livoted to the stationary cover E on its under side is a lever ll, and on the top of the revolving case are a series of sloping lugs or catches adapted to engage the lever II asit passes in one direction and to allow it to slide over as it moves in the other direction. A spring 11/. holds the lever H normally in the position shown, but allows it to be swung enough to turn the case B the width of one pigeonhole. Fig. 1 shows the cord n, attached to the end of lever H and passing under the pulley 7) and extending to the cashiers desk, where it terminates with a ring 1 for handle. In another form of my machine this cord may pass over the pulley and be fixed to pulley r, so as to allow the case to be turned as the coin is ejected. The turning of the case one space brings the opening 0 in front of another pigeonhole and allows the customer to remove the article therefrom.

The mechanism for ejecting the coin is supported by the upright wooden piece Cr, to which is lixed a bearing for the short crossshaft 71. Swinging loosely on this shaft is the long arm 1', and rigidly lixed to the shaft is the short arm These arms are connected by spring Z.

From the front of the machine a coin-chute S reaches in past the shaft /t and through an opening in wooden piece G and terminates formed by the part S and the end of the curved channel S The crank R by means of the bevel-gearing R turns the shaft it and the arms 2' and j. Theinwardly-extending pin on arm 1., being adapted to follow along the curved channel 5 carries with it the coin. When the coin has reached the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the pin '5 on the short end of arm a is engaged by notch L in the dog L, and the arm of is arrested in its movement, while the arm y' continues to move (stretching the spring k) until the pin j strikes the outward end of dog L and releases the arm 2', which by the action of spring Z: shoots the coin up to the cashiers desk, if the coin-chute S is extended that far.

Instead of ejecting the coin to a distance it may be thrown up into a shorter chute, as shown in Fig. 3, and caused to turn back and lodge in a receptacle S with glass on each side, where it will attract the attention of the customers'and of an attendant that may be on the other side of the counter. From this position the coins may be released one at a time by the lever P, which is operated by the same pin that carries the coin up the chute S I In this case the article may be released to the customer by the attendant pulling the cord n or by such other means as the nature of trade, &c., may suggest.

Pivoted to the under surface of the cover E is a hook t, which is adapted to drop into the openings t in the top of the revolving case and prevent the case being turned forward without moving the lever H. The lugs Z keep it from being moved backward.

To fill the case with articles for sale, a key is inserted in the keyhole u at the rear of the machine, and by it the lever H is elevated, so as to allow the case to be turned backward. The case is then turned back one space at a time by hand through the opening 0, and at each movement an article is deposited in the pigeonhole. When the process of filling is completed, the key is removed from the hole a and the machine is thereby locked. The hook tis so placed in reference to the lever H that with the movement of the latter forward the former will be lifted out of the openings 25', which allows the case to be turned forward by pulling the cord R, but not otherwise.

A ratchet-wheel o-on the crank-shaft w and a pawl on the metallic casing D prevent the crank being turned backward.

communication between the cashiers desk and the purchasers station for the release of said article of merchandise to the purchaser.

2. In a vending apparatus of the kind described, means of communication between distant points as a purchaser-station with a cashier-desk, means at the purchaser-station for holding an article of merchandise ready to be delivered when paid for, means to prevent said article from being removed from said article-holder, a pay-receptacle related to said article-holder and adapted to receive the pay for said article; in combination with means for carrying the pay, check, or coin from said receptacle to the cashier-desk, and means controllable from the cashier-desk for releasing said article to the customer.

3. In a vending apparatus of the character described, means of communication between distant points as a sales-counter or purchaserstation and a cashier-desk out of arms reach of each other; means at the purchaser-station for holding articles of merchandise ready to be delivered to a purchaser; means to prevent said articles from being taken without being paid for; and means under the control of an attendant at the cashier-desk for releasing said articles to the customer.

4. In a vending apparatus of the character described, means of communication between distant points as a purchaser-station and a cashier-desk out of arms reach of each other; article-holders at the purchaser-station adapted to hold articles of merchandise on deposit ready to be delivered to a purchaser when se-. lected and paid for; a pay-receptacle related to said holders and adapted to receive the pay for said articles; means to prevent the articles from being taken Without being paid for; means. to enable an attendant at the cashierdesk to inspect the pay for an article before the article is delivered to the purchaser; and means controllable from the cashier-desk for releasing an article from the holders.

5. In a vending apparatus of the character described, means at the purchaser-station for holding and exhibiting articles of merchandise for sale; means whereby the purchaser may communicate to an attendant at a distant point the selection of an article for purchase; and means operable by said attendant at said point for releasing said article to the purchaser.

6. In a vending apparatus of the character described, means for holding articles on deposit ready to be released to a purchaser when paid for; means whereby a customer may indicate his desire to purchase one of said articles by depositing pay for the same; and

means whereby the pay-check, or coin may be examined by an attendant before the article is released to the customer.

7. In a vending-machine, an article-holder at the delivery-point or purchasing-station adapted to hold an article on deposit to be released to a purchaser when paid for; a payinspection point and means to enable an attendant to inspect the pay before the article is released from said holder; in combination with means, under the control of the attend- 

